Sometimes, You are Better off Staying in Bed

Posted on February 3, 2009 by Brian Gallimore

Today has been a comedy of crazy things happening to me. I’ve been in good spirits most of the day in spite of all of it. I’ll try to be brief:

Quadzilla’s Battery
I was craving a heater that worked and listening to the radio, so I decided to drive Quadzilla (my reliable vehicle) to work. When I started the engine and again noticed that the battery seemed weak, I thought to myself, I’ve really got to check that out, and proceeded to drive off. I look down and notice I need gas. Oh well, I don’t have to be ontime this morning, I’ll stop and fill up. While filling up, I sit with the key in the accessory position and listen to the radio. After filling the tank, the engine won’t start. The starter solenoid clicks, and then the radio turns off. I release the key and the radio flashes 12:00 and I hear the CD mechanism reset. CRAP, I just exceeded the batteries useful life!

I call Amber to see how important it is to her to be at work on time. Luckily, she has time to bring me my jumper cables (why I’m not carrying them? -don’t want to explain right now). It takes her more than 30 minutes to get to me in the traffic. I get the engine started and go home. Within 5 minutes, I have the battery removed, in the trunk of Betty, and I’m off to AutoZone (hereafter referred to as AutoJoke). My plan is to go exchange the battery on the way to work, and I’ll install it as soon as I get home and my downtime will be minimized.
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Congress Must Think We’re Stupid

Posted on February 3, 2009 by Brian Gallimore

from mikehuckabee.com

By Mike Huckabee

I learned a few tricks and tactics while I was a lieutenant governor and governor for over 13 1/2 years. And one thing is that when someone is in a hurry to pass legislation, you’d better slow it down because the reason to hurry a law is rarely urgency to help the citizens, but urgency to get it passed before people find out what the heck it really is.

A lot of legislation is like garbage and it’s garbage the first day in the can, but if it sits there long enough, it really starts smelling.

Congress knows that the so-called stimulus bill is garbage, but hope it gets voted on before it sits there long enough to start smelling.

If you sent your kid to college and in less than a month he spent all the money you sent with him for the semester and then, on top of that, maxed out the credit card you loaned him for extreme emergencies, what would you do?

Would you say, hey, let me give you even more money than before and another credit card, but don’t tell me how you spent that first bunch of money and it’s not even necessary to tell me how you’ll spend the new money I’m sending?

Not hardly. You’d want a full accounting of what he did with all your money since you now have to work even harder to replace it.

And, before you gave him any more, you’d put very strict controls on how he spends it.

Congress must think we’re stupid. And maybe we are: We did send these guys back.
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CBS 60 Minutes on Israeli Apartheid

Posted on February 2, 2009 by Brian Gallimore

A friend sent me this video clip today. I’ve been more interested in learning about Israeli history and current events. This seems to be some good information.

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Make the Call

Posted on February 1, 2009 by Brian Gallimore

I’ve been hearing bits and pieces about what a load of pork this new “stimulus” package is. The more I learn, the more I realize that it isn’t a stimulus bill at all, it is a hose job being pushed through under the disguse of a stimulus package. The disguise is nothing more than a label by the way. The American public is being played.

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Betty’s First Run on Vegetable Oil

Posted on February 1, 2009 by Brian Gallimore

I finally actually RAN the car on waste vegetable oil tonight. I strained some used oil through a rag to get the big chunks out.

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Garden Update Feb 1, 2009

Posted on February 1, 2009 by Brian Gallimore

I did some more work in the garden today. First, I transplanted the broccoli I bought at Wells Bros on Friday.

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Furnished New Home, For Worms

Posted on February 1, 2009 by Brian Gallimore

I finished up the worm house this morning. I used my exterior paint left over from the shed, so this worm farm complies with our HOA master plan. I moved it to a corner of the yard that is usually shaded, so hopefully it won’t cook in the summer.

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Senate Confirms Geithner To Head Treasury

Posted on February 1, 2009 by Brian Gallimore

I don’t think I can articulate this any better than Mike Huckabee did:
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Who voted?

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Vegetable Plant Information

Posted on January 31, 2009 by Brian Gallimore

I’ve been updating the plant information sheet:

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A New Home is Built, for Worms

Posted on January 31, 2009 by Brian Gallimore

My project today was to get a worm farm started. I bought some plywood and lumber. (non-treated because I hear that is bad for worm life)

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